Hard News
Syrian army defectors kill 7 government forces:
At least 34 people have died on Tuesday, said the Local Coordination Committees of Syria, an activist group. The 11 are among 20 deaths in Idlib province; the LCC reported eight deaths in Hama, four in Homs and two in Daraa.
http://bit.ly/uhuWi4
Russia, Iran stand beside Syria:
Russia and Iran yesterday extended their support for the embattled regime of Syria condemning Western accusation of massacre and call for harsher sanctions.
http://bit.ly/vJFwiy
18 "insurgents" killed, 55 detained in Afghanistan: Afghan and NATO-led Coalition forces have killed 18 insurgents and detained 55 others during military operations in different parts of the country over the past 24 hours, the country's Interior Ministry said on Tuesday.
http://en.trend.az/regions/world/afghanistan/1968374.html
Bomb attack kills six civilians in Afghanistan: A roadside bomb killed six civilians, including women and children, in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, local officials said on Tuesday.
http://yhoo.it/vfduDP
Militants kill five Pakistani villagers: officials: Militants opened fire on Pakistani villagers Tuesday, killing at least five civilians and wounding another six in the tribal badlands bordering Afghanistan, government officials said.
http://yhoo.it/towiFJ
One killed in rocket attack on Pakistani check post : At least one soldier was killed and six were injured Tuesday evening when a rocket hit a security check post in Pakistan's northwest tribal area, a media report said.
http://www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-126125.html
Pakistan considers taxing Nato Afghanistan trucks: Pakistan is considering charging millions of dollars in annual taxes on Nato trucks and fuel tankers, officials have told the BBC.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16145380
Iran says it's recovering data from US drone: Iranian experts are in the final stages of recovering data from the U.S. surveillance drone captured by the country's armed forces, state TV reported Monday.
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111212/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_us_drone
'Returning US spy drone out of question': A senior Iranian lawmaker says Iran will definitely not return the RQ-170 spy drone to the US, and Washington has to compensate Tehran for violating the country's airspace.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/215438.html
Cheney: Obama should have bombed downed drown in Iran : Video - http://bit.ly/rrliqE
West has no evidence of Iran atomic bomb program, senior Turkish diplomat says: Head of Organization of Islamic Cooperation tells Haaretz at Doha conference that Tehran has right to peaceful nuclear program, rejects military intervention.
http://bit.ly/uiGL3k
Ahmadinejad slams IAEA report on Iran: "We are not worried about IAEA's positions against us. The agency's report does not have any legal value. The director general of this agency knows that it is a political report," Ahmadinejad said in a Monday interview with the Venezuelan state TV.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/215407.html
Engineering Consent For Attack On Iran : Israeli Delegation warns NATO of Arab Spring: The Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee warned of the dangers of a nuclear Iran and Islamist governments rising following the "Arab Spring," during a visit to NATO headquarters in Brussels on Sunday and Monday.
http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=249205
Venezuela Responds to "Slanderous" Accusations Made by Israel's Vice Prime Minister: Yaalon accused Venezuela of working with Iran to create a "terrorist infrastructure" in Latin America that could "attack the interests of the United States or in the United States,"
http://venezuelanalysis.com/news/6679
Israel's Useful Idiot: Dershowitz: Israel Has Legal Right to Attack Iran: Israel has every legal and moral right to stage a pre-emptive strike on Iran, says renowned legal expert Prof. Alan Dershowitz.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/150630#.TubI8FvyQ2x
AIPAC Economic Warfare Also Targets US: From Stolen US Trade Secrets to Iran's Central Bank
http://bit.ly/tCO6jb
Iran indicts 15 US, Israeli spies: Tehran Prosecutor Abbas Jafari-Dolatabadi says Iran's Judiciary has issued indictments against 15 individuals on charges of spying for the United States and the Israeli regime.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/215421.html
Radical Jewish Settlers Clash With Israeli Troops: Defense Minister Ehud Barak condemned what he called "a string of violent attacks by criminal groups of extremists," adding that such "homegrown terror" would not be tolerated.
http://nyti.ms/tSAuXS
Israeli Jewish hate rally against Africans in Tel Aviv caught on video as Haaretz deletes article about it: The article by David Sheen - reported on a rally by Israeli Jews on Sunday in Tel Aviv against African immigrants, demanding that they be sent home because Israel is a "Jewish state."
http://bit.ly/vbaM1m
Critics of Israel are guilty of anti-Semitism? Two top think tanks in Washington are mulling whether to sever ties with a controversial former AIPAC spokesman after it emerged that he was encouraging conservative writers to echo charges that critics of Israel are guilty of anti-Semitism
http://wapo.st/t4mWda
In case you missed it: Elias Davidsson-I Am A Radical Antisemite And Am Proud Of It: : Today the term "antisemite" is used by the ruling elite to lambast human rights activists who advocate equal rights between Jews, Christians and Muslims, the right of return of Palestinian refugees to their homeland and the vision of a common, democratic state for both Palestinians and Israelis.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29973.htm
Hezbollah names CIA spies in Lebanon: Militant group steps up campaign against US intelligence agency by revealing identities of 10 undercover officers in TV broadcast http://bit.ly/v8vidg
4 killed as rivals clash in Libya: Clashes erupted between former rebel fighters that toppled Gaddafi and a tribe seen as loyal to the fallen regime, killing four people, sources said on Monday.
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=214110
Libya on the verge of chaos and civil war - experts: Anti-Gaddafists are carving up power and Libya's capital of Tripoli is already seeing clashes as the rebels are fighting for the local airport.
http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/12/12/62092662.html
Benghazi protesters tell new Libya ruler to quit: Libyan protesters in Benghazi, cradle of the uprising that ousted Muammar Gaddafi, called yesterday for the man they helped bring to power in place of the slain dictator to quit over slow reforms.
http://bit.ly/ryjus3
China to open its first military base abroad in Seychelles: In a move that may cause unease in India, China on Monday announced that it will set up its first military base abroad in the Indian Ocean island of Seychelles to "seek supplies and recuperate" facilities for its Navy.
http://bit.ly/tajrwQ
U.S. Drone Crashes in Seychelles, Air Force Investigating: According to the Air Force, the Seychelles government was "immediately notified," and the U.S. military is coordinating with Seychelles officials to coordinate "the removal of debris."
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/12/13/us-drone-crashes-in-seychelles/
4 killed in Belgium grenade attack: latest: Officials say Liege gunman had criminal record involving guns, drugs and sex offenses
http://tgr.ph/t1nw6d
Canada pulling out of Kyoto accord: "It's now clear that Kyoto is not the path forward for a global solution to climate change. If anything, it's an impediment." Canada will formally withdraw from the Kyoto accord on climate change, Environment Minister Peter Kent said Monday.
http://natpo.st/tDu7zx
How terrorist 'entrapment' ensnares us all: When the government gets in the business of playing along with terror plots, it's not just justice that suffers - but our safety
http://bit.ly/smWaFh
Occupy shuts down US West Coast ports: Up and down West Coast, protesters have begun a massive blockade on the Pacific Ocean ports as part of a day of action under the umbrella of the Occupy Wall Street movement.
http://rt.com/usa/news/occupy-west-coast-ports-619/
Port truck drivers thank 'Occupy Wall Street' protesters: A group of port truck drivers thanked the "99 Percenters" on Monday for bringing attention to their profession, which they claim is rife with labor abuses.
http://bit.ly/rIbp7O
Police go military: Video - An onslaught of attacks with pepper-spray, tear gas guns and batons are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the arsenal of arms that the police are pulverizing peaceful protesters with.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpiRFkHVLy8
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